“I voted in Dallas County” sticker placed on a laptop

It’s a tiny pixel but at least it’s the right color.

Just a Texas-sized reminder that the Call for Proposals for KCD Texas rides off into the sunset on February 15th at 11:59 PM EST.
Step up to the mic, bring that bold Texas energy, and be part of something big in Austin.

Submit your talk here before the gates close:
👉 sessionize.com/kcd-texas-20...

Joint statement from Kubernetes Steering and Security Response Committees: In March 2026, Kubernetes will retire Ingress NGINX, a piece of critical infrastructure for about half of cloud native environments. This is an emergency. Please pay attention.

kubernetes.io/blog/2026/01...

COPY: 
CFP is open!


Howdy, cloud-native folks 🤠 KCD Texas 2026 is still open for talks.

If you’ve built, scaled, broken, or learned something real with #Kubernetes or @cloudnative tech.


 🎤 Apply: sessionize.com/kcd-texas-20...

📩 info@cloudnativetexas.com

⏰ CFP closes Feb 15, 2026

Signal app donation confirmation page.

I was going to ask y'all to donate to @signal.org but I had to do it first.

Now that I have, please consider learning about Signal, and why privacy is important, even when you don't have anything to hide, then consider donating to help Signal continue their work. signal.org/donate

Stand With Minnesota A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation

Want to help support people in Minnesota right now? Check out standwithminnesota.com

KubeCon EU26 prices will increase by $200-400 in ~a week.
Buy it now and you can always cancel the ticket and get reimbursed if you change your plans/can’t go etc.

Kubernetes gets minor version rollback | Google Cloud Blog In the event of an error when upgrading a Kubernetes cluster, a new minor version rollback feature lets you revert to a known-good state.

I don't post so often, these days, but this made my day.

Versioned rollback is finally a thing in k8s.

cloud.google.com/blog/product...

Your chances of acceptance are ~10 times higher plus you get bragging rights and full access pass (easily 1-2k value)

CFP for CNCF-hosted Co-located Events | LF Events CNCF-hosted co-located events are masterfully designed to foster discussion, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing in a vendor neutral space with participants just like you!

Work with edge or anything edge related? This Sunday (November 2nd) is a deadline for submitting your talk to Kubernetes on Edge day at KubeCon EU26: events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-clou...

CFP for CNCF-hosted Co-located Events | LF Events CNCF-hosted co-located events are masterfully designed to foster discussion, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing in a vendor neutral space with participants just like you!

A friendly reminder that CFP for K8s on Edge (and other KubeCon NA25 collocated events) closes tomorrow: events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-clou...

Beginner to Master Speedrun - YouTube This is an educational series where I start at a 400 Elo on a brand new chess.com account and try to reach 2200+. With every I play game, I'll provide import...

m.youtube.com/playlist?lis... - I don’t even play chess and it’s still so meditative and calming to see an expert share their thoughts and ideas.

Get well soon!! 🥰

We’re trying to start recording/streaming our local meetups, anything that could be useful for that is appreciated! :)

owlsintowels.org - a rare case of the domain name and the content matching in a beautiful harmony. Also, owl pictures.

Chris giving a keynote at KCD Texas event

KCD Texas just started with Chris’s keynote.

🎓 The Linux Foundation Education team is coming to Austin on May 15th!

Join us for an incredible opportunity to connect 1:1 with Timothy Serewicz at the LF Education table, your chance to talk career growth, certifications, and Kubernetes skills.

🚀 Secure your spot: kcdtexas.org

Call For Proposals (CFP) | LF Events KubeCon + CloudNativeCon gathers adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities from November 10-13. Join our current graduated, incubating, and sandbox projects as…

kubecon hasn't even started yet, time to prepare for kubecon events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-clou...

Okay, there's a feed now for #kubecon and #cloudnativecon.

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KCD Texas registration/CFP/sponsor slots are now open: www.texaskcd.com *excited

Congratulations!! May you live long and prosper! :)